Tag: Anjos e Diabos
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B92
B91 B93 [BTG X Why “men” are not men, p. 92] “Had it not been for this strange peculiarity of theirs, then it would never have entered anybody’s head that there was anything ‘queer’ on that planet. “During the period to which the aforesaid refers, I visited most of the planets of that solar system,…
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B105
B104 B106 [BTG XIII Fantasy perceived as reality, p. 105] “But they themselves were personally to blame for it, and just on account of the abnormal conditions of external ordinary being-existence which they themselves have gradually established and which have gradually formed in their common presence just what has now become their inner ‘Evil-God,’ called…
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B888
B887 B889 [BTG XLI The bokharian dervish, p. 888] “Through these pipes, as I also afterwards learned, the air necessary for the breathing of the beings present during the experiments could flow in from outside, because this interior was then closed hermetically on all sides. “The beings who were present during the experiments wore over…
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B903
B902 B904 [BTG XLI The bokharian dervish, p. 903] “In order completely to smooth over the previous embarrassment, I spoke to him again, and pointing to a niche in the cave where many colored silk materials were hanging in strips, I asked him: “’Most estimable Hadji! What is all that material over there in that…
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B158
B157 B159 [BTG XVIII The Arch-preposterous, p. 158] “When we had recovered and Gornahoor Harharkh had pulled still another lever, which resulted in the whole surrounding space being restored to its former usual appearance, he first, with his customary angel-voice, again drew our attention to the ‘voltmeter,’ the needle of which constantly indicated the same…
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B763
B762 B764 [BTG XXXIX The holy planet “Purgatory,” p. 763] “That this idea first arose just then in our ENDLESSNESS, we can also see from the words of that sacred canticle with which at the present time, at all divine solemnities, our cherubim and seraphim extol the marvelous works of our CREATOR. “Before continuing to…
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B175
B174 B176 [BTG XVIII The Arch-preposterous, p. 175] “This metal is called there – ‘gold.’ “Gold is no other than the metal we call ‘Prtzathalavr,’ the specific weight of which, reckoning from the element of the sacred Theomertmalogos, is 1439; that is to say, its element is three and a fraction times less vivifying than…
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B176
B175 B177 [BTG XVIII The Arch-preposterous, p. 176] “You probably do not know yet what the Sacred-Aliamizoornakalu over an essence means? I shall later explain it to you in detail but meanwhile I shall simply use the words of our dear Mullah Nassr Eddin who explains this process as ‘giving-one’s-word-of-honor-not-to-poke-one’s-nose-into-the-affairs-of-the-authorities.’ “In short, when I presented…
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B180
B179 B181 [BTG XIX Beelzebub’s second descent, p. 180] “’And we descended,’ His Conformity continued, ‘because although we had then taken every possible measure and had assured everybody that everything would be quite all right, we ourselves were nevertheless not categorically convinced that no unexpectedness might occur there unforeseen. “’Our apprehensions were justified, although, “Thanks-to-Chance,”…
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B181
B180 B182 [BTG XIX Beelzebub’s second descent, p. 181] “’Not only has this planet itself now again acquired a normal movement in the general cosmic equilibrium, but its two detached fragments also, which, as I have already told you, are now called Moon and Anoolios, have also acquired a normal movement and have become, although…
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B182
B181 B183 [BTG XIX Beelzebub’s second descent, p. 182] “’Although these Havatvernoni or Religions have nothing in common,’ continued His Conformity, ‘yet nevertheless in these particular religions of theirs there is very widely spread among the beings of all three groups the same custom called among them “Sacrificial-Offerings.” “’And this custom of theirs is based…
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B183
B182 B184 [BTG XIX Beelzebub’s second descent, p. 183] “’For the normal formation of the atmosphere of the newly arisen planet Moon, the said surplus of the Sacred Askokin has already begun seriously to hinder the correct exchange of matters between the planet Moon itself and its atmosphere, and the apprehension has already arisen that…
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B206
B205 B207 [BTG XIX Beelzebub’s second descent, p. 206] “And so, from the sea Kolhidious, I soon ascended on the ship Occasion to the planet Mars, where our beings and several kind Martians, who had already learned of the events which had taken place on the planet Earth, paid due respect to the planetary body…
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B1086
B1085 B1087 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1086] “Namely, he said: ‘Isn’t it all one to the poor flies how they are killed? By a kick of the hooves of horned devils, or by a stroke of the beautiful wings of divine angels?’ “And concerning those types there whom all others called democrats,…
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B1088
B1087 B1089 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1088] “Such a question was evoked in me by the beings there who belong to the caste of the bureaucrats, yet nevertheless as regards them one might still explain this to you, at least ‘more or less.’ Although the series of experiencings in them is also…
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B1101
B1100 B1102 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1101] “And on that same day, the name of that society was changed. “Some days later, the members of that society now under the new motto, ‘The-Earth-Only-for-Men,’ dispersed from the city Mosulopolis to their native countries where, under the general instructions issuing from the philosopher Atarnakh,…
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B1105
B1104 B1106 [BTG XLIII Beelzebub’s opinion of war, p. 1105] “During that said period, not only did their rate of ‘mortality’ begin to decline, but what they call their birth rate also began to decline. “Their birth rate declined because, when the three-brained beings there were already existing more or less as is becoming to…
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B249
B248 B250 [BTG XXI First visit to India, p. 249] “Owing once again merely to the strangeness of their psyche, the intentional suffering and conscious labors of this Sacred Individual, Saint Buddha, who had been specially actualized for them with a planetary presence similar to theirs, have ever since hovered and still hover in vain;…
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system
V.: solar system “But in spite of the said drawbacks of the system of Saint Venoma, it gradually, as I have already said, displaced all the previous systems. “And the ships of this system of Saint Venoma had already existed for twenty-three years when it was first rumored that the Angel Hariton had invented a…